Posting a notification in case app is in background does not work for Texting component

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According to the documentation Social

ReceivingEnabled
... If set to 2 (FOREGROUND) or 3 (ALWAYS) the component will respond to messages if it is running. .... In the case of 3 (ALWAYS), messages receive while the app is not running will show a notification.

In case ReceivingEnabled is set to 3 (ALWAYS) and the app is in the background, a notification should be displayed. This is not working for devices >= Android 14.

As far as I can see there are 2 issues

  • Starting from SDK 33 apps need to ask for post notification permission

  • Also it looks like it has been forgotten to create a notification channel

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see also Receiving and sending a simple SMS - #26 by Taifun

@ewpatton please put this bug onto the bug list. Thank you.
Taifun

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SmsBroadcastReceiver.java uses a deprecated Notification Compact constructor:

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Have submitted a PR (#3437)

Change log:

  • Build and use a notification channel
  • Ask for POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission if >= Tiramisu
  • Set exported=false for broadcast receiver

Refer for test project file of SteveJG. (Remove MelonNotification extension while testing)

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Great! Thank you very much!

Does the companion app now also get Post Notification permission in the manifest?

Taifun

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Yes, here's a build containing that permission:

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